Today we went to check the alpacas. We discovered a little crea that was still wet!!! 
We think that he was finishing being born as we were going to check!
The crea is a boy and his name is Wicket he is 17 pounds. Wicket looks like a small black giraffe!
In a little bit, I get to check to make sure everything is okay. School today was more fun than usual! (And Momma said I probably learned more than normal!)
P.S. Mom said this was great science for today!
The other day Momma, Audrey, Adrian and Megan came to see the Alpacas while Andrea and I worked.
When we feed the Alpacas, we take Queen Amidala and Ruby Tuesday out to get some exercise. We took them out the easiest way; that is to carry Queen Amidala!
Before we went back in, I dared Mommy to hold Queen Amidala. Momma does not usually hold animals. She said she would if she had her camera. So Momma ran home to get her camera and we took some pictures.
Then I took the alpacas in. Before I brought “the Queen” in to her stall, I gave her to Momma! Momma thought Queen was soft.
All the babies!
Chewbacca
"Please leave me alone, can't you see I'm eating?"
The other day Mommy let me take some pictures of the alpacas. I hope you enjoy my favorites.
Quiet! Sleeping crea (a baby alpaca is called a crea).
Yesterday Andrea and I went to work like normal. But it was not normal!
When Andrea and I went to bring the Alpacas in to eat we noticed that there was one extra black alpaca! We counted again to make sure we did not count one twice. We counted one more time to make sure we did not count one twice twice!
We ran in to tell Mrs. Beer. She was surprised too, because we thought the creas were due at the end of the month. She carried the crea into the barn, and Chewbacca, the crea’s big brother, followed. He also came in a few times to check on his mom!
I ran to tell Mommy, Audrey and Adrian. They put on their alpaca boots and came over with Megan.
The creas mom is Ruby Tuesday. She is the Alpaca who is following me.
When they got there, I got to carry the crea to a stall so the crea would not get confused over who was its Momma. Ruby Tuesday, the crea’s Mom, followed us.
They have to stay in the stall for a few days so the crea does not get hurt and so they can bond well.
As of now, we suspect it is a boy, but have not officially checked. The Beers will tell us the baby’s name soon.
UPDATE 4 May 2012: HER name is Queen Amidal.
At Science Sleuths the other day the subject was birds.
For snack they had gummy worms and Bitty Baby Bird Megan got a few. While she was eating, she was looking so cute that I got some pictures. Here is one of our favorites.
Daddy told us about a golf course in Australia that has 8-10 ft sharks in it! They got in when a nearby river flooded.
Who wants to play golf?
Momma saw a neat idea called Bokeh that she really liked. So today we tried it.
To do it you;
- Cut a circle the size of your camera lens and cut out a shape you like.
- We tried it on a 55-80 mm lens. We are not sure it would work on another one.
- Put it on your lens.
- Point it at some lights and get them out of focus. If you did not make the hole too small the lights will look the shape you cut out!
Today Mommy, Megan and I went to the park to get pictures. When we got to the park we saw a BUNCH of deer, but getting out of the car scared them. After walking a little while we saw more!! After getting a few pictures they moved a little way so we moved too. Megan was happy so she was cooing. The deer did not know what she was so they got closer and we got a bunch of good pictures.
We also got bird pictures, we were in a spot where a owl lives, unfortunately, we did not see him. Mommy said she probably would not know an owl if she saw one. I said if it opened its eyes she would be very surprised. Just then two robins started fighting near us and surprised her!
I think it would be fun to do this again!
It was a normal day at headquarters–that means very loud!!
I decided to get some tea so I walked over to Andrea. Andrea makes very good tea. Because she is very tall I looked up at her with my big blue eyes that she just can’t resist! And I asked “pleeeeese”! Andrea gave me some tea “yum”!
After the tea I went for a walk. I decided to go to one of my favorite places a tree that was tapped! I wanted a drink so I took the lid off and put the tube in my mouth. That is when I saw that the bucket was empty!
Last time I went to that tree the bucket was full. That means I needed to solve a case! Read the rest of this entry »
The other day we made maple sugar. Daddy did it because the syrup gets very very hot, up to 300 °F! We boiled it in a large pot because it some times boils over. We skim off the foam every so often. When the bubbles get small we know it is almost done so we watch better.
When it gets to 290°F, Daddy takes the sugar off the heat and stirs until his arm gets tired then he lets one of us stir. We stir until the moisture is gone and then we have sugar. We grind it small in a blender if needed or eat as candy.
It takes a lot of syrup to make sugar. We used three quarts of syrup (which is about 30 gallons of sap) to make 1859 grams (1.8 kg) of sugar.
- How many pounds is that?
- How many pounds will Mommy let me eat?
Answers on the bottom
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